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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03

T. I. BARNUM, the veteran show
! man, is planning long trip through
Central and South America. He will
not be accompanied by his show, GO
ing for pleasure only.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03

The art OF paper making has reached
point where growing tree may be
cut down. made into paper and turned
out as newspaper all within thirty
six hours,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03

MISS BERTHA OPpENHEIMER, of Phil
adelphia, is the latest victim of tight
lacing. The verdict returned by the
coroncr's jury was: 'Heart-disease,
due to tight lacing.''
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03
THE NEWS.
Compiled From Late Dispatches,
FROM WASHINGTON.

EnV1 UA06bNO1Vuo
This country's visible supply Of wheat
was on tho 24th 80. 1885,, ,584 bushels; OF
corn ,024 ,491 bushels, and of oats s. $780,
6s5 bushels A year ago the stock of wheat
In sight was 81, 1874, 100 bushels: of corn
ID. 434, $40 bushels, and OF oats 5.35S. .04O
bushels
The mints during the week ended on the
22d, issned 063, ,461 standard silver dol
lars
The Cabinet resumed its regular meet
ings on the 25th
A PROCLAMATION was issued by President
Of November as day Of Thanksgiving and
prayer
The issuing OF silver certificates or other
paper currency in denominations below i've
dollars, was suspended by the Treasury De-
partment on the 25th.
INFORMATION was received by the Navy
Department on the 26th of tho death Of
Commander William Gibson, United 6ea11s
navy, retired, at Atlantic City, n. J.
TIE engagement OF Secretary OF State
Bayard to Miss Sophie Dallas Markoe, an
employe In the department Of which Mr.
Bayard is the head, was announced ON tn Q
26.h
The Government during the last year ex-
pended 81 .O95, so in the education OF In
dian children.
In his annual report issued on the 9th
Eugene Semplc, Governor of Washington
Territory, places the population at 143, ,669;
taxable property. $5O.6S3, ,S08; railroad
mileage. LOGO; approximate acreage Of
coal lands, 10000 Governor Semple rec
ommends that the Territory be admitted ~
Q State into the Union.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03
THE EAST.


VERY skillfully executed counterfeit
burgh, Pa, on the Oath.
REPoETs OF the recent great storm on
Lake Erie, received at Buffalo, N. T.. on the
25th, show that fifteen vessels were
wrecked and seven lives lost
Ar Corinth, N. Y, the walls Of paper
mill in course Of construction fell on the
25th, killing four men.
WILLIAM REED, noted oil prospector and
millionaire, was drowned In the Atlantic
ocean, near Somer's Point n J., on the
25th
HENRY MARTIN JACKSON, the cashier OF the
sub-treasury in New York City. was on the
9th discovered to be defaulter to the ex-
tent of Sic. 600 He had fed to Canada
The death of Thomas NJ Coleman, who
for over twenty five years was city editor
Of the Public Ledger Of Philadelphia, oc-
CURED on the Goth
A sHANTY at the new aqueduct which Is In
course Of construction at New York was
burned on the 26th and two men perished.
At Sandwich. Mass, o bottle was picked
up on the 26th containing message that
the steamer Sidney Wright was of Key West
and in danger Of laundering Tho Wright
with crew of six men, left Philadelphia
September IA, 1850, and was never heard
from.
In the town OF Sodus, n Y, Mrs. Ketchum
was literally scared to death on the 26th by
the attempts Of drunken man to gain ad-
mission to her home
FATHER McGLYNN, Of Brooklyn, was on
the 9th reported to have repented Of his
rebellious conduct, and he would be taken
back into the church
THE two daughters Of Michael Hogan. Of
North Adams, Mass, were suff0cated oM the
night Of the 9th by gas from q coal stove
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03

Four HUNDRED miles from New
1ork an eagle was captured at sea
recently by the steamship Jersey
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03

BE not too prioi in coasersatiSl,
lest you bc not aadcssicoA nor 10 a.
suse, lest you b tronh,aaAbs.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31

Filth to the circumference OF a circular
disk of mica. The mica disk has a hole
In the center. where it is supported by
a thin paper conc. There is piece OF
iron under the mill.whecl which is
heated by the electrical current. and
this is attached to the wire which lights
the lamps. This sets the wheels in
motion. and one thousand revolutions
OF the mill-wheel indicate one unit on
the dials. There are three electric
actions Oh which a measure can be
based; namely, chemical. electro-mag.
netic and heat. Electrical engineers
in their experiments discovered that
the chemical action was incapable of
being used with alternate currents.
and that meters based on electro-mag.
netic action would vary in their indi.
cations. Prof Forbes saw the mis-.
takes and defeats of others in the use
of these two forces for measurement,
and ne concluded to experiment with
heat. The result was that he met with
success, and has been able to con.
struct a meter that will be true and
not vary. The instrument will be of
great benefit not only to the electric
manufacturing companies. but the
consumers as well. - Demorests
Monthlu
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
General Spinner's Appeal.

Le venerable but vigorous General
f. K Spinner formerly United States
Treasurer. writes from his camp at
Pablo Beach, Florida. to his friends.
the boys of America, to spare tho
birds. Il well recollcct," he says.
that l once shot a robin. He few
some distance, and fell in the long
grass. Invent and picked him up and
found that had inflicted q fatal
wound in his breast. Tho poor
wounded bird looked up into my face
so imploringly that It caused me to
shed tears. and now to-day. at the
age Of seventy-6ve years, l am
haunted by tho pitiful imploring look
Of that poor. innocent, dying bird. and
feelings Of deep ron,orse come over
me whenever see robin. ] would
DO willing to make great sacrifices to
be made guiltless Of tho wantom muir.
dor Of that poor innocent bird" The
General makes . special plea fol
that sweetest Of all American song.
stcrA tho ill-named cat-bird. But a
for the English sparrow. he says with
righteous wrath: xiii him wher-
svor you find him, In season and out
ssason. He has never been known
o do any good and Is Of no use. Give
him no quarter but 60 for him as you
would for any other thief ~ Detroit |
Free Press.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
National Flowers.

think l am correct in saying that
the larger proportion Of those bios
SONS selected as national or political
symbols have been taken from 1.-THE
hardy brigade" OF such are the rose,
thistle, shamrock and leek, the broom
(planta genista). tho whitc iris Of
Florence, tho flcur.de-lis Of France,
tho lily alluded to by Chaucer This
last is supposed to have been tho white
or Madonna's lily, but in the north of
Ireland the Orange lily Is not unfre.
quently degraded on July 12 as q
symbol Of party feeling. Tho violet Of
the Napoleon dynasty is even yet
worn in France. and At Fon.
tainebleau the apartments Of the
ex.Empress Josephine are redolont
with an exquisite odor In China and
Japan tho chrysanthenum has taken
the place Of honor as tho national
flower. but ono Of tho latest and
strongest Of party badges Is tho '.pale
primrose" Of Shakespeare. now tho
ensign Of the Primrose League" an
order Of Conservatives founded In
honor OF the late Lord Bcacoasilcld.
Who gave us the sweet picture Of Lady
Corisande's garden IN "Lothalr"
This league now numbers more than
four hundred thousand members. -
!! W Barbidge In Harper's Nacastna
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
Ages Of Criminals.

Most Grimm ais are young. Its sci.
dom that grave crime, provided It be
the first, Is committed after the age Of
80. A careful statistician has proved
that Of the entire population Of En-.
gland and Wales the largest proper.
ton Of criminals Is found between the
ages Of 20 and 2a Five times ~
many crimes are committed In the five
years between these limits as IN tho ten
years between the ages Of 80 and CO.
Dividing the whole population into
groups Of those from 10 years to Is,
from Is to 20. from 20 10 81 from rs TO
so. from, 80 to 40. from ~ to 90, and
from so to 90. II Is found that from the
age Of 20 the tendency 10 crime dc.
creases at each successive term SO per
cent in the case Of women and Is pcr
cent. in the case Of men. Ckica 90
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
Japanese Magical Mirrors.

These so-called magical mirrors have
for years baffled the discovery of tht
cause OF their rejecting objects tina,
are on the back side of the mirror.
They are thin metal hand.mirrors
with raised figures on the back Of
them, and one cast Of an alloy of about
eighty parts copper and twenty tin,
making very hard yet elastic metal.
MI Fred. Ives. of Philadelphia. has Civ.
ell the matter much thought and by a
few experiments has established quite
conclusivcly the cause Of the magic"
In grinding the mirror they are pre-.
sumably laid on fiat plate and the
grinding pressure applied from the
top. The thin parts Of the plate spring
away from the grinding pres.
sure and the thick parts (oppo.
site the raised fgurcs) arc ground
more rapidly. The pressure re.
moved. the plato springs back
and the mirror is concave on the face
whore the figures are. The light re.
ficcted from this mirror will show the
figures which are on the back. not any
magical power. but because Of the con.
cave surface produced over the figures.
II was, then, the result Of ocideni
rather than design, and japanese
kill falls back another notch. --Boston
BuIqcl.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
GENERALLY RUNNERS,
Fart of the Country Whore Railroad
Arc Not Run for Fun,

Fart of the Country Where Railroad
Arc Not Run for Fun.
In some of the Southern towns rail.
road business is carried on with he atl.
swimming swiftness. A traveller who
had ridden thirty miles to catch a train
at Bolton, reached the town a few
hours after the mixed train had
| pulled out.
II am mighty sorry you missed the
train, said the accommodating station
agent Were you in much Of .
hurryp'
well, | should say l was"
"Wall. in that case you oughter sent
some fellcr on ahead. an ] would "a
| hill the train.'
when do you expect the next
train?"
bill, said the agent. addressing
bare-footed, one "suspcndcrcd" fellow
who sat on the platform, show air they
gittin' along with cotton pickin' up
the road?n
"Sortcr slow, I've hcarn," Bill re.
piled.
"Wall, stranger said the agent,
'ef they air gittin' along slow with
their cotton.pickin', thar amt much
tellih' When tie next train will be
along, as the conductor has orders
from the gin'l superintendent to waA
till he gifts load"
'That's great idear the indignant |
traveller explained.
Yes" said the agent, .but it's
business. Thar mout be places whar
they run railroads fur fun, but they
run EN- to make money down here"
The traveller turned away and had
gone some distance when the agent
overlook him and said:
Stranger, I'm pleased to tell You
that I've got good news for you"
What is there a train coming ?"
wall, yes. Thar's goin' to be
circus down at Krenshaw, an have
jest rarned that the conductor of tho
train that's now above has got orders
to fetch the folks down."
'Fm glad of that When will the
circus be Il Krcnshaw ?''
"Wal. they amt exackly fixed the
late yit. but you may rest ashored
til be some time this month Tor YOU
know them circus fellers is gincrally
- ArEausnW Tyuyeier
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
ELECTRICAL METER.
An instrument Which Measures Electrici.
" With Great Precision.

An JnH,utnent Which Mensuree EIcetrict
~ With Great Precision.
Since electricity has come into gen
eraI USE for lighting purposes, ectric-
al engineers have been puzzlng their
brains over trying TO invent o meter
SO that The amount used by tho con.
sumner can be measured. Tho charges
of the electric light companies have
not been satisfactory to the customers.
who are compelled to pay SO much for
each lamp, whether IL Is used or not.
At last the question Of measuring
electricity has been settled, and Prof
George Forbes an electrical engineer.
has invented meter He has made q
machine which will measure with suf.
6cicnt c'oscncss aud accuracy to an.
swer all practical purposes. the
amount Of electric force passing In al
4ernating currents over wire. The
instrument is worry simple. and consists
of four parts: q mill.wheel, wire
under tho wheel creating an upward
current Of air when tho current passes
through the wirs, and finally system
Of clock. work 10 count tho number Of
revolutions, and dials on which the
count Ia indicated. II 10 some.
ding similar On " dial.
lacs 70 . gas.mstsr. - MILL \
vhSo1 wiieh solo ~ eotlnoty lanpu.
~ Pa y ~ ~ ~ ~
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
Entirely Too Previous.

Lady Patron-'I want to get some
good rat poison"
Druggist with embarrassment)--
Really. you are in groat haste, aren't
youp"
'Hsstep ! don't sec It. What do you
meanp''
"woll, you know you've only bsen
married to your fourth husband two
month"; and"-
"Andw
'.For tho sake Of sppsaraaces you
ought 70 walt awhile. ! am afraid you
will have to 10 elsewhere for IT,
Nebrnsta State Journal WV
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
BARN FOR LAMBS.
How to Arrange II for tho Aoeommo moda-
tion Of . Large Flock.

How to Arrange II for the Acssmmods-
tion Of Large Flock.
An Ohio subscriber who has Q flock
Of two hundred ewes proposes to build
barn for them. and asks advice a. to
what size it should be. and how 1t will
be best 10 arrange 1t for the accom-
mediation Of so large q flock and their
lambs. A convenient barn may be
built in the usual form, or II may be
An octagonal. Some would build the
barn twenty feet wide; but 40 : mar
row barn Is more expensive In propor-
tion to space inclossd than vida one.
there does not seem TO DO any advan-
tage commensurate with the extra cost
for building q narrow barn when as
many as two hundred are to be pro.
vided for II is true that sheep arc
likely to bc healthier in small 6ocks.
but tho basement Of barn forty or
foriy.two feet wide may bc dlvd.
Cd by a wall or partition In the
middle ilengthwisc. 80 A. 10 divide
1t into two distinct apartments, and
The barn overhead for storing fodder
tor winter will bc sum icisnt for alL
On farms des igncd to accommodate
two hundred sheep, II would certainly
be advisable to build permanent walls
TOR basement either of stoae, brick
or cement--tho latter seem 10 be bot.
ter adapted to sheep than slone walls
because they are drier. and the sheep
Is very sensitive to damr situation&
The sight for the barn should bs on 4
dry piece Of ground, and Al least on
slight elevation. Il possible. ~ n TO
give ircsh III
I The sheep apartment should b vol!
ventilated. and the yard attached
should have . sunny exposure -
aocr over tho basement should =
made dust light, sxA this d oAssW
lone BY using ro1gh boards ead Y
'tsad = matchlnA layihg plns ~
lndeF ~ jointa q heord1 ~ ~
q ~ boar1s do4nv ovsr ~ ~ 4 ~ y;
Illl1 nm 1loe ,A t1I B iloog ~ L
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31

Virginia is the greatest peanut.
bearing Stats, and most Of tho crop 10
grown In the counties south and east
Of Petersburg After Virginia Ten.
nesses and North Carolina produce the
largest crops IN 1874 virginla pro.
duosd S96. 0o0 Tennessee i7A 0oo and
North Caroline eo.0oo bushslA In
1oel vIrglnig crop was Lisa 0oo
bushsla 7TsHnssses's "a ooo snd
Morlh CasellnCs ia "a ~ avn
~ I ;'' r. e e
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31

Some curious facts concerning the
physical attributes Of workingmen
have been ascertaIned by Professor
Erismann, Of 81 Petersburg. As the
result Of tho examination Of one hun.
drcd thousand persons he finds that
those engaged in textile m manufactures
are Of shorter stature than Other
workingmen, end also inferior In chest
measurement end bodily weight sad
even a ~ liillag power y - haud.
Z ss. Z 1t !! >! e ~
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31

In small Connecticut town there
is a twelve.ycar-old girl who is little
odd. She is large for her age. pretty,
very active in mind and body, and moi
at all wayward except In one par.
ticular She delights In nothing so
much Is to take q lantern. and, after
dark, walk about the streets. fields and
woods. She goes alone. and is appar.
emily quite rs happy out IN the middle
OF . lonely pasture as In tho lighted
streets. She doesn't know what fear
Is. but is particularly pleased when
she frightcns any one In her nocturnal
rambles.
The Grenada gazette., 1887-12-31
She Agreed with Him.

~ seems 70 me- said travelling
man to . young lady upon whom ne
wss trying to make On impres
that mon nowadays wasts TOO muuh
time In words They sxpatlato nssd.
lsssly On any subject thsy may b.
taking about That 4 scmethinr i
,nevsr - l;sas ~ III ] know q ~, .
~ (et iaalds = lwe mlustsA \
la!ak i! n! 4, ses!I,, ;, 4,
, 1887-08-20
rHE GREAT UTE wAR.

The Denver papers are GENEROUSLY adj
vising the state militia 10 take good care
OF its aggregated health while out on its
campaign against the murderous Utes.
Governor Adams also somewhat pointedly
hints to Adjutant-Gener West to be
less bloodthirsty in his inclinations and
instead of pursuing an aggressive warfare
to round up the erring Lo with
every peaceful Establishment. Adjutant-
General West for his paIt still continues
to be a FIRE eater of the most rabid descrip-
ton, and while he isn't personally seek
ing to lessen the distance between himself
and the redoubtable Colorow, his fiery
words fairly sizzle as they hum over the
telegraph wires. For several days there
actually seemed prospects of hostllities be-
ing inaugurated. A gangling lot Of green
recruits were FASTENED toward the scene
but nobody breathed ireer. The only
damage done in Fastening TO the seat of
war was in disabling some of the
mounts. Bronchos could not be i'm
pressed into service for the satisfactory
reason that so few of the militia are able
to ride. We are gravely informed that
one company Of militia is now quartered
at Glenwood Springs with six unbroken
bronchos as their only mounts, and in
this paralYzing condition OF affairs the
martial ardor OF the granger veterans
SINNERS into l~istless helplessness. Even
Colorow's son, whose death was alleged
to have set the old man rampant with
murderous desire. has turned up safe and
sound. Sheriff Kendall is slightly disfg-
ured, but still in the ring. He goes out
occasionally to ]reconnoitre, but has the
presence of mind to always return with a
whole skin, so no grave fears for his
safety can now be entertained. The
greatest loss sustained SO far is among the
mules provided for the edification of the
militiamen. The most dreadful mortality
seems to prevail among these unfortunate
brutes, and the trail to Glenwood Springs
is fairly Uttered with their carcasses. En-
ergetic newspaper correspondents are in
dulging in columns of rhadsodical gush,
and about the only thing now needed to
give the affair an appearance OF war is a
little actual fighting.
The present Ute scare seems to have
been caused by the indiscreet conduct Of
Sheriff Kendall. AS soon as that dlffus
i've functionary and the martial fire-brand,
Adiutant-G encral West, are removed to
somo safe s~eclusion the Ute war will be a
thing of the past.
The fool killer seems to have failed in
his duty in Colorado this year.
, 1887-08-20

\ pretty Indian legend is current here
this season. Chautauqua means "the
place Of easy death, " and report SAYS
this is how the lake secured its name.
An Indian maiden. mourning over the
death of her lover, wandered away from
her people seeking a poisonous root. In
4 secluded spot on the lake shore she
found 1t. partook freely and lay down to
await death. The poison created delirium
and a burning thirst. Her lover seemed
to come to her and offer fresh, cool
water, yet when she reached out her
hands for the grateful draught he van
ish"i. She dragged herself to the edge
Of the lake, and STOPPING owe to cool her
parched lips in the waves, she saw her
lover beneath the water holding up his
arms to her. Joyfully she threw herself
into the water and was never seen again.
-Chautauqua Cor. New York Tribune.
, 1887-08-20

The empress regent of China is one
Of the most remarkable women of the
age. Not content with directing the in
tricate policy of the most populous en-
pire in the world with wonderful clever
ness and sagacity, she has now entered
the ranks of competitors for the light
weight championship of the Celestial en-
pire. Attired in a sort of bloomer cos
tune, she takes daily lessons in boxing
from an old eunuch. Her appearance at
the age of so, in short skirt, hitting out
nt her venerable preceptor, and occasion
ally receiving punishment herself, must
b. comical to the last degree, and the re-
ports on the matter form the subject of a
most disrespectful merriment on the part
of the almond eyed denizens of the Chi
ne5e metropolis. The empress regent
was "A concubine of the Emperor Hen
Fung, on whose death she was appointed
to act as co-regent with the dowager EN-
press during the minority of her son, the
late Emperor Tung-Chi.
With unusual ability she has guided
the policy Of the empire through the
troublous times which have resulted
from the opening up of the country to
foreign trade, and has 80 conducted
affairs rs to have brought the nation to
an infinitely higher degree of prosperity
and tranquility than it enjoyed when she
took up the reins. Hong Kong Times.
, 1887-08-20

~ ~ S
0! all the known p~lantigrades Clat
ted BEASTS the grizzly is the most
>.,age and the most dreaded, and he is
Inc largest of all, saving the presence OF
his cousin the polar bear, for which,
nevertheless, he Is more than a match i'll
strength and courage. Some specimens
nl...-ure 7 feet from tip of nose to
root Of tail. The distinctive marks of
the species are its great size; the short
uoSs of the tail as compared with the
-: the huge fla paws, the sole of the
lind foot sometimes measuring I 1-2 by
> inches in a large male; the length OF
liio hind legs as compared with the fore
legs. which gives the beast his awkwuri,
Rambling gait; the long claws of the
i~urafoOt, sometimes 7 inches in length.
whils those of the hind foot measure only
3 Or !; the erect, bristling name of stiff
hair, often g inches long; the coarse hair
of the body, sometimes 3 inches long.
dark at the base. but with light tips.
He has a dark stripe along the back,
and one along each side, h hair on his
body being, as Il rule, a brownish yellow,
the region around the ears dusky, the
legs nearly black and the muzzle pale.
Color, however. is not a distinctive mark.
for female grizzlies have been killed in
company with two cubs, of which one
was brown, the other gray, or n dark,
the other light; and the supposed species
Of cinnamon" and brown bears are
merely color variations of Ursus horri-
Lilis himsclf.-G. o. Shields in Harper's
MAGAZINE.
, 1887-08-20
uay revor AN Arl..tocrntlc Malady

The oldest note of national, personal
aud sexual superiority l ever heard of is
susceptibility to hay fever. In DIR. Nor
ell Mackenzie's admirable monograph ON
this complaint and its treatment, find
that among races, the English and Amer
lean; among classes, the upper and cul-
tivated; and Of the sexes, the male sex,
are especially susceptible to hay fever.
In the north Of Europe it is almost I'M
known. 1t is rare in France, Germany,
Italy and Spain; whereas in England il
is frequent, and in America prevalent.
Again, 90 per cent. of its martyrs are of
the upper class, while agricultural labor
ers, who are most exposed to the causes
Of the complaint, are least subject to its
attacks. Lastly, the male sex is more
liable to it thar the female, in the ratio
of three To one. Wherefore our suscep-
tbiIty to hay fever lin reality affords
matter for self c~ongratulation, as indi-
eating our superiority to less favored peo-
pies IN culture and civilization. London
Truth.